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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3083010, member: 10461"]These French jetons were sometimes used as gaming pieces or mathematical counters, I believe (jetons in general were, anyway), though perhaps the silver ones like this were just collected as art pieces for aristocratic gentlemen's cabinets. Still, this one is graded AU58, so it did see some very slight circulation. Was that on a gaming table? One wonders.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><font size="5">France: silver jeton of Louis XV, "Aurora in cloud chariot", undated (ca. 1740)</font></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/aRsvCIq6Qbqm8ycv9qrW_France-LouisXV-jeton-014500-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></font></font></p><p><font size="4"><font face="Georgia">(</font><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32657468" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32657468" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">PCGS population 1</font></a><font face="Georgia">- the only example certified as of 5/16/18).</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Obverse:</font></font></b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS, bust of Louis XV right. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> LATE.CVNCTA.PROFVNDIT., female deity or personification Aurora(?) in biga (two-horse chariot) galloping right through clouds, holding torch or candle. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Feuardent-13203, PCGS AU58, cert. #32657468. Ex-Atlas Numismatics, 10/13/2015.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3083010, member: 10461"]These French jetons were sometimes used as gaming pieces or mathematical counters, I believe (jetons in general were, anyway), though perhaps the silver ones like this were just collected as art pieces for aristocratic gentlemen's cabinets. Still, this one is graded AU58, so it did see some very slight circulation. Was that on a gaming table? One wonders. [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B][SIZE=5]France: silver jeton of Louis XV, "Aurora in cloud chariot", undated (ca. 1740)[/SIZE][/B] [B][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/aRsvCIq6Qbqm8ycv9qrW_France-LouisXV-jeton-014500-coin-800x500.jpg[/IMG][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=4][FONT=Georgia]([/FONT][URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32657468'][FONT=Georgia]PCGS population 1[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia]- the only example certified as of 5/16/18).[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Obverse:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS, bust of Louis XV right. [B]Reverse:[/B] LATE.CVNCTA.PROFVNDIT., female deity or personification Aurora(?) in biga (two-horse chariot) galloping right through clouds, holding torch or candle. Feuardent-13203, PCGS AU58, cert. #32657468. Ex-Atlas Numismatics, 10/13/2015.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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